MLB, Dodgers Trade Blows In Fight Over Team Control

By Lance Duroni

Law360, Wilmington (October 11, 2011, 4:57 PM ET) -- The Los Angeles Dodgers LLC and Major League Baseball drew battle lines Tuesday in their feud over control of the franchise, with MLB blasting the team’s proposed auction of television rights and the Dodgers opposing the league’s bid to force a sale of the team.

The objections come in advance of a critical hearing in Delaware bankruptcy court, set to begin Oct. 31, that will decide the team’s course out of bankruptcy.

The Dodgers are seeking clearance to sell media rights to raise funds for an...